AlistGo/alist · error

link cannot be nil

Error message

link cannot be nil

What it means

Error "link cannot be nil" thrown in AlistGo/alist.

Source

Thrown at drivers/proton_drive/util.go:417

		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to get signature verification keyring: %w", err)
	}

	parentHashKey, err := parentLink.GetHashKey(parentNodeKR, signatureVerificationKR)
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to get parent hash key: %w", err)
	}

	nameHash, err := proton.GetNameHash(name, parentHashKey)
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to generate name hash: %w", err)
	}

	return nameHash, nil
}

func (d *ProtonDrive) getOriginalNameHash(link *proton.Link) (string, error) {
	if link == nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("link cannot be nil")
	}

	if link.Hash == "" {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("link hash is empty")
	}

	return link.Hash, nil
}

func (d *ProtonDrive) getLink(ctx context.Context, linkID string) (*proton.Link, error) {
	if linkID == "" {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("linkID cannot be empty")
	}

	link, err := d.c.GetLink(ctx, d.MainShare.ShareID, linkID)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

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Solutions

1. Check the storage configuration and the provider's service status, fix the indicated cause, and retry the operation.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at drivers/proton_drive/util.go:417 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of AlistGo/alist@843d9dc814 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/2266d50de008a260. Report an issue: GitHub.